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Spring 2016 Case Writer: Ryka Aoki
The amazing Ryka Aoki will be visiting our campus and students in April as well. Â She will give her reading at 5:00 p.m. on April 7 and an additional Q&A on April 8 (specific locations TBA). Â Ryka Aoki is an Asian-American author known for her poetry collection Seasonal Velocities and her novel He Mele a Hilo. Â Seasonal Velocities was a finalist for the award for transgender nonfiction in the 25th Lambda Literary Awards in 2013. Â Aoki earned her MFA in creative writing from Cornell University, and won the Academy of American Poets' University Award. Â She was honored by the California State Senate for her work with Trans/Giving, a Los Angeles performance series for trans and gender queer individuals.
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